Very interesting Art, the article is written in a very negative way, personally I am not that worried about a computer becoming smarter than humans and self aware but some clearly are.
Even worse, this report says that this SyNAPSE system is showing “clear signs” of “exponential growth”, which, if not stopped, could see it becoming “aware” on, or about, 21 December 2012 as it ability to function on a level far surpassing the human brain, and using less than 1,000 watts power, will be achieved.
If computers are evolving then so be it.